Centrelink Age Pension Articles

Learning from others: It pays to know the rules

Learning from others: It pays to know the rules

Life happens. Divorce, floods, leaving work are all triggers for changes in your financial situation. And your entitlements. Most of us benefit from learning from those who have gone before in all sorts of life changing events. Today we share some of the...

More work more money

More work more money

What would it take to make you want to work again? Higher wages? Manageable hours? Or a guarantee that your benefits and entitlements would not be jeopardised? Or maybe all of the above?  In short, what would it take to lure you back into the workforce?...

What are Pension funds? How do they work?

What are Pension funds? How do they work?

Recent research from financial services provider, AMP, reports that 70% of Australians do not know what an Account-Based Pension is. We doubt this is the case with Retirement Essentials members, but it was a handy reminder that the complexity of many aspects...

Singles v. couples: Are you on the right pension?

Singles v. couples: Are you on the right pension?

Last month Steven (who’s head of our Customer Services Team) answered a series of questions about whether our members should be receiving a single or couples Age Pension. These questions coincided with new Age Pension increases, with many people questioning...

A few things about Centrelink … that you need to know

A few things about Centrelink … that you need to know

A member recently asked us how long it is reasonable to wait for a response from Centrelink. That’s not an easy question to answer. The short answer is, ‘it depends’. The longer answer is equally complicated, as it still depends on many different aspects of...

Age Pension changes: Check your entitlements

Age Pension changes: Check your entitlements

The good news this week is that all Age Pension payment and threshold changes are now live. So you can use our Age Pension Eligibility Calculator to check your new payments or eligibility status immediately. And there are two other important changes which...

September pension increase: How much extra will you get?

September pension increase: How much extra will you get?

Nearly three-quarters of Australian retirees will receive a ‘pay rise’ on 20 September when the Age Pension is next indexed. This indexation occurs twice a year, on 20 March and 20 September. It is the method by which the payment rates of the Age Pension are...